The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft is scheduled to be carried into space on a SpaceX rocket in September.
Tokyo — The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft is scheduled to be carried into space off on a SpaceX rocket in September.Each side of the experimental satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry measures four inches.
The developers plan to hand the satellite, made from magnolia wood and named LignoSat, to space agency JAXA next week. It will be sent into space on a SpaceX rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in September, bound for the International Space Station , they said. From there, the satellite will be released from the Japanese ISS experiment module to test its strength and durability.
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